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Self-stimulatory behavior, also known as "stimming" [1] and self-stimulation, [2] is the repetition of physical movements, sounds, words, moving objects, or other behaviors. Stimming is a type of restricted and repetitive behavior (RRB). [3] Such behaviors (also scientifically known as "stereotypies") are found to some degree in all people, but ...
Repetitive behaviors – Repetitive behaviors such as rocking, hand flapping, finger flicking, head banging, or repeating phrases or sounds. [124] These behaviors may occur constantly or only when the person gets stressed, anxious, or upset. These behaviors are also known as stimming.
Gratification disorder is a rare and often misdiagnosed form of masturbatory behavior, or the behavior of stimulating of one's own genitals, seen predominantly in infants and toddlers. [1] Most pediatricians agree that masturbation is both normal and common behavior in children at some point in their childhood.
Whereas stimming is a nonpharmacologic but undirected and sometimes harmful amelioration, directed therapy tries to introduce another and generally better nonpharmacologic help in the form of the following lifestyle changes, to help a person to reduce their anxiety levels: [6] regular exercise; yoga and meditation; deep breathing exercises
A catatonic patient may find themselves stimming a lot: for instance, by rocking back and forth or spinning. If they are autistic, they might find themselves stimming even more than is usual, or in new ways than are usual. This kind of stimming behavior is called stereotypy. [17] Echolalia "mimicking another’s speech" [8]
Stereotyped movements are common in infants and young children; if the child is not distressed by movements and daily activities are not impaired, diagnosis is not warranted. [1] When stereotyped behaviors cause significant impairment in functioning, an evaluation for stereotypic movement disorder is warranted.
The methodological flaws were readily apparent to followers of medical research: among many issues, the study involved only 12 children and was correlative—it didn’t prove causation.
Tics must be distinguished from movements of disorders such as chorea, dystonia and myoclonus; the compulsions of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and seizure activity; [6] and movements exhibited in stereotypic movement disorder or among autistic people (also known as stimming). [7] [8] [9]